Current usefulness of Credé's method of preventing neonatal ophthalmia

Authors: Silva, Lusa Reis¹; Gurgel, Ricardo Queiroz²; Lima, Dorothy Ribeiro Resende¹; Cuevas, Luis E.³

Source: Annals of Tropical Paediatrics: International Child Health, Volume 28, Number 1, March 2008 , pp. 45-48(4)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

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Abstract:

The conjunctiva's bacterial profile at birth and 1 week after Credé's gonoccocal ophthalmic prophylaxis was evaluated over a 3-month period using culture and direct immunofluorescence. Thirty-four neonates received 10% silver vitellinate and 42 sterile saline. Chlamydia trachomatis was recovered in 7/34 and 9/42 neonates receiving silver vitellinate and saline at birth and in 8/34 and 12/42 after 1 week, respectively. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was not identified. Credé's may not be the ideal prophylactic method in areas with a low prevalence of N. gonorrhoeae.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1179/146532808X270662

Affiliations: 1: Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Brazil 2: Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Brazil; The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK 3: The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

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